Thermal Engineering unit (ENG311)

Introduction

The aim of this unit is to develop a fundamental grasp of the concepts related to heat transfer. These phenomena are ubiquitous in mechanical engineering so a good understanding of them is essential for students to confidently progress to the higher stages of learning and in their future engineering career. This unit builds on material presented in ENG212/ENG220 Thermal and Fluid Engineering covering more advanced topics in energy transfer and conversion. This provides students a broad range of industrial engineering thermal systems, with an emphasis placed on distinguishing between energy quality and quantity. This is pre-requisite for the unit ENG416 Advanced Thermal Engineering, core unit in mechanical engineering.

Summary

Unit name	Thermal Engineering
Unit code	ENG311
Credit points	12.5
College/School	Sciences and Engineering School of Engineering
Discipline	Engineering
Coordinator	Professor Xiaolin Wang
Available as an elective?	Yes
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Advanced

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

• Explain steady state thermal conduction, convection and radiative transfers using practical applications involving finned or extended surface areas.
• Evaluate the similarity between momentum and convective heat transfer through theoretical analysis.
• Evaluate the convective heat transfer coefficients for flows over an external surface.
• Design heat exchanger by applying the basic concept in solving heat exchanger problems.

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

ENG212 AND KMA154

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Lectures: 3 hours per week (1 x 2hr and 1 x 1hr) Tutorials: 1 hour per week Practical: Three 2-hour sessions, one each in approx. weeks 5/6, 7/8 and 9/10 depending on the student numbers (the detailed schedule will be discussed in the class)
Assessment	Mid-semester test (10%)|Heat Exchanger design (20%)|Laboratory practice and reports (30%)|Invigilated Exam (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Lecture notes and presentation slides on MyLO.

Recommended

Incropera FP and de Witt DP, Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, 6th edition, Wiley, 2007. (Or previous or new edition), AND Cengel, Y. A, and Boles, M. A., Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach, 7th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010. (Or previous or new edition). These have been ordered for the bookshop, and these or earlier editions are available on reserve in the library. An alternative text (with less material) is Cengel, Heat and Mass Transfer or a Cengel text combining Thermodynamics and Heat transfer.

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